Saturday, September 17, 2011

I'm Back

Hello All,

I have not updated by Blog since February 1, 2011. Wow, I can't believe it's been that long! Since I last updated everyone I completed 6 triathlons including my 2nd Ironman. Needless to say my Ironman did not go as planned due to a number of injuries and lack of proper training. This was also compounded by being way off my race weight. Since my Ironman my neck, back and shoulder have healed up and I have started training again. I spent most of the summer in the weight room with my son and I have started my running and cycling regiment over the last few weeks. The one odd thing that I have been dealing with over the last 6 weeks is this mystery illness that has been making different parts of parts of my face swell up. One of my doctors feels its related to a bacteria named H-Pylori but the medication has not seemed to helped. It hasn't slowed me down too much but it does force me to alter my training calendar from time to time. I'm hoping to get to the bottom of the illness soon.

As I look at the remainder of 2011 I have a few events I am signed up for. I have the Susan Komen 5k on October 1st, The Oilman 1/2 Ironman on November 6th and the BCS Marathon on December 11th. I don't feel pressure to do these events but I really want to. My main focus is to get 100% healthy, get back to race weight and re-install a consistent training system. If I am not ready I will not race. I have done too many races in the last few years when I am not ready and it has added to a lot of frustration in my life. Going forward I am not sure what events I am going to do. I have a lot events I would like to do but I really need to make sure I get the items I mentioned earlier in place. I will do a better job updating everyone going forward. I was very frustrated earlier in the year and I just felt like I would be filling this Blog with negativity. I hope everyone is doing well and I will update everyone again very soon.

Bye for now.